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2025 Year In Review: Unframed

2025 Year In Review: Unframed

Follow Design Milk through a recap of our Unframed art column in 2025, from LEGO pieces by Ai Weiwei to intricate weavings by Analia Saban.

Get Closer to Analia Saban’s New Paint-Woven Work

Get Closer to Analia Saban’s New Paint-Woven Work

Artist Analia Saban changes the rules of the game, weaving physical paint with linen threads on a loom, laser-cutting drawings, and carving solid marble into a jacket.

Spencer Finch Transports Viewers Through Time and Space

Spencer Finch Transports Viewers Through Time and Space

Artist Spencer Finch debuts new work that transports viewers through time and space using precise measurements of light and color filters.

Paul Anthony Smith’s Photographs Surprise at 300 City Bus Stops

Paul Anthony Smith’s Photographs Surprise at 300 City Bus Stops

Public Art Fund presents Paul Anthony Smith picotage photographs across 300 bus shelters in New York, Boston, and Chicago this summer.

Up Close: Andy Warhol Before the Silkscreens

Up Close: Andy Warhol Before the Silkscreens

The early drawings by Andy Warhol on view at Anton Kern Gallery in New York are a rare look at the brilliant artist before the famous soup cans and silkscreens.

Alicja Kwade Traps Time in Perception-Warping Exhibition

Alicja Kwade Traps Time in Perception-Warping Exhibition

Artist Alicja Kwade presents monumental sculptures that incorporate glowing clocks and a poetically haunting sense of time in New York.

4 New York City Contemporary Art Fairs Deliver 8 Surprises

4 New York City Contemporary Art Fairs Deliver 8 Surprises

Take a look at our favorite 8 booths from 4 of the major contemporary art fairs in New York City featuring unbelievable artworks and experiences.

Kennedy Yanko’s Epic Two-Gallery Exhibition of Crushed Metal

Kennedy Yanko’s Epic Two-Gallery Exhibition of Crushed Metal

Artist Kennedy Yanko presents epic new sculpture at James Cohan Gallery and Salon 94 in NYC, a double exhibition of crushed metal and paint skin.

2024 Year in Review: Unframed

2024 Year in Review: Unframed

If you missed out on the NYC art scene or you're looking to revisit your favorite posts, check out what we featured in our Unframed column in 2024.

Joel Shapiro’s New Sculptures Radiate Joy and Defy Gravity

Joel Shapiro’s New Sculptures Radiate Joy and Defy Gravity

Legendary sculptor Joel Shapiro debuts 3 new massive wood sculptures in New York, plus a room full of gravity-defying studies that invite close inspection.

Liza Lou’s New “Paintings” Surprise With Thousands of Beads

Liza Lou’s New “Paintings” Surprise With Thousands of Beads

Liza Lou debuts new artworks in New York that transform thousands of glass beads into brushstrokes, with a surprising textural effect.

Bass and Light: 2 Must-See Installations at Dia Beacon Now

Bass and Light: 2 Must-See Installations at Dia Beacon Now

Two installations feature awe-inspiring artwork by Felix Gonzalez-Torrres and filmmaker Steve McQueen at Dia Beacon in New York this summer.

2 Must-See Group Exhibitions in New York City Galleries Now

2 Must-See Group Exhibitions in New York City Galleries Now

Over 60 contemporary artists across 2 NYC galleries unlock new potentials for material and pattern in this summer's must-see exhibitions.

Tara Donovan's CD Stacks Are Ethereal Material Bliss

Tara Donovan's CD Stacks Are Ethereal Material Bliss

Artist Tara Donovan presents new sculpture in "Stratagems" at Pace Gallery in New York that stacks hundreds of thousands of used CDs into spiraling translucent bliss.

Artist Vik Muniz Reconfigures Shredded Cash

Artist Vik Muniz Reconfigures Shredded Cash

Vik Muniz newest work collages shredded US currency into iconic American images at a larger-than-life scale at Sikkema Jenkins & Co on Manhattan's west side.